Leon Panetta actually said...

Secretary Panetta has described the defense sequestration cuts as catastrophic, inflicting severe damage to our national defense for generat...

Let me be clear. You can't take a half trillion out of the defense budget and not incur additional risk. There is no margin for error.

a smaller, ready, and well-equipped military is preferable to a larger, ill-prepared force.

sequestration, if military personnel costs are exempt, could hit an across-the-board cut in defense programs of as much as 23 percent in fis...